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A block of flats on Mansfield Street, Central London where a suspected terrorist who attempted to detinate a device on a plane arriving in the US is thought to have lived

Wealthy, quiet, unassuming: the Christmas Day bomb suspect

The inside story of the privileged student who embraced al-Qa'ida and tried to blow a transatlantic jet out of the sky - and the lessons for us all

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Video clip warned of fresh terror attack  new

Sunday, 27 December 2009

Al Qaida warned of a terror attack just days before a former British student allegedly attempted to blow up a transatlantic airliner carrying 278 passengers, it was revealed tonight.

Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller at the 2009 Emmys

Charlie Sheen bailed after alleged attack on wife

Sunday, 27 December 2009

Star arrested on Christmas Day after emergency services were called to couple's Colorado home

Angry Italian-Americans demand MTV pull 'hateful' reality show

Sunday, 27 December 2009

Advertisers withdraw as docu-drama accused of derogatory stereotyping

Security staff in Detroit with flight 253 on the runway

Airports scramble to keep up with threat

Sunday, 27 December 2009

Conventional methods such as metal detectors and X-ray machines are failing to spot terrorists who are using more ingenious methods to smuggle devices

Taking the mic: Sarah Palin gets her own TV show

2020 vision: The Obama years were all very well, but what this country needs is the decisive might of a military man

Sunday, 27 December 2009

As the make-up girl dusted and dabbed, David Petraeus could not suppress a quiet smile of satisfaction. Here he was at the end of 2019, three years in the Oval Office, with approval ratings that Ronald Reagan might have killed for – and an interview on the country's most-watched television talk show to launch what would surely be a triumphal march to re-election the following November.

Man held over US plane bomb bid

Saturday, 26 December 2009

A Nigerian man believed to be linked to al Qaeda militants was in custody today after he tried to ignite an explosive device on a US passenger plane as it approached Detroit.

Officials say explosion on US plane was terror attack

Saturday, 26 December 2009

Authorities believe a small explosion aboard a flight to Detroit was an attempted act of terrorism.

Sean Goldman and his stepfather Joao Paulo Lins e Silva arrive at the US consulate in Rio on Christmas Eve.

Father's Christmas reunion with the son he lost in Brazil

Saturday, 26 December 2009

Five-year custody battle with family of deceased wife ends after court sends boy back to America

President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, greet well-wishers upon their arrival in Honolulu

Obama hails progress of healthcare bill

Saturday, 26 December 2009

President takes break in Hawaii after legislation clears major hurdle

Italian Americans outraged at reality TV 'slur'

Saturday, 26 December 2009

They put up with The Godfather, Goodfellas, and several decades of gangster movies. They endured the cult success of The Sopranos, albeit through gritted teeth. But tolerant as they have reluctantly tried to be of fictional portrayals, one thing Italian Americans definitely won't stomach is a reality TV programme which appears to suggest that their community consists entirely of Mafiosi, bimbos and buffoons.

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